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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-26

won US entirely from ourselves, Is that W.
did. not notice the rroach Of u Hgure which
came slowly ont from the shadow % one Of
the pillars. It WasS m old woman. who
touched my friend lightly On the shoulder
and said, Ia Russian :As Do. not Sit: III Is S
sin. y Who could resist such An admonitioni
| We obeyed at once, and the old crone hob
hled 06, no doubt well content that she had
done her duty md saved us from peuauce,
Il not IL this world, surely in the next.
I lt was not long before the music ceased.
and the monks, having kissed the Bible and
the small cross held up and offered to each
one BY the priest, filed out 81 the
church. We had only time to take q hurried
glance at the building itself before the
lights were exiting uished, but we saw two
fine paintings one Of st. Isaac and one OF
st. Catharine, copies OF the beautiful mo-
saics in st. Isaac's Cathedral, 6 The Gates
OF Paradise, opening to the altar, though
nOt5as gorgeous as ID some Of the churches,
are still beautiful On one side Of the altar
was Q shrine OF some saint whose name
have forgotten. It was q small payil-
ION whose silver root, covered with
gold, was upheld by Ionic pillars, al
ternate1y of malachite and lapis lazuli II q
corresponding place on the opposite side
was the shrine of Alexander Niewsky. The
church was now entirely dark, except the
Light which came from tapers in the hands
OF q few priests who were performing SER
vice before this tomb We made ourselves of
the little company, composed, for the most
part, Of young boys and very old women. One
really wonders where these oldswomen who
haunt the churches come from. Their name
Is legion, and night or day they are always
to be found there, apparently the most de
voted Of worshipers. Before us, q little
raised from the pavement, on platform
covered with rich carpet, was the glass case
which holds the solid silver sarcophagus,
splendid with bas-reliefs. On the lid is a
painting Of the warrior saint, his eyes look
ing at you with that mild, gentle gaze which
they are said to have had ages ago, He lived
in the thirteenth century in the troublesome
times when the Tartars were invading the
Russian kingdom, and bringing death and
ruin with them. Whata contrast between
the quiet resting place in this solemn
church, and the fierce scenes in which he
look part, and did SO much for his beloved
ahurch and nation! It was a strange ex-
ferience, standing in the dim light with the
sweet low tones Of the music in our ears.
The priest intoned several long prayers in
melpdious Slavonic, the old women knelt
again and again, touching their foreheads
to the ground and mumbing their prayers.
Here and there knelt peasants with sober,
serious faces. What curious thing ii
would be to know what Christianity meant
to this saint Of ages ago, and what it means
to these fellow-countrymen of his, worship.
ping at his tomb. We stayed until the last
note Of the chant had died away among the
arches, and then, following the others, left
che shrine and and its gold and silver splen.
dor in darkness - rs zE2 ~ .zl -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-26
RICH AND MISERABLE.
Death of an Eccentric and Mysterious Ne
- = e.. Jersey Hermit. *Asssi-s.

Death of an Eccentric and Mysterious New
- Jersey Hermit.
~ The death recently Of Thomas Foster, Of
Shamong Township, Burlington County, N.
j., furnishes the people of Mount Holly and
neighboring villages something further to
wonder at and discuss says the New York
World. Foster was seventy years old, and
was known to his neighbors as seThe Hermit
of the Pines.n For fifty years he had lived
alone in the primitive little log house in
which he died, and for a great part of the
time was known to be miser. Hence
little surprise was manifested by those who
found in an old chest in his cabin bills and
gold and silver coins to q large amount.
When Foster, then prepossessing youth
of twenty, appeared in Shamong township
half q century ago and took up his abode in
the little cabin with his dogs and books, the
people wondered. He possessed an excel
lent scholastic education and polished man
ners, and soon had many friends among his
rural nelghbors. Why he had fed from
cities and buried himself in that out-of-the-
way place he never told, but little by little
q story was woven for him, in which the
time-worn motive Of disappointed love was
made to fit his case, and he ceased to be an
object Of interest. Then it came to be
AOASC0 oOOuV ekAtkG HOStSI was b IulS0E.7s i uS
country people fell away from him, and he
secluded himself more and more until he
was almost forgotten. Surrounded by his
dogs, his mind buried in his books, with
which the cabin was plentifully supplied
days would sometimes pass without his
stirring abroad.
The bowling of a dog attracted some
farmers to the little log hut, and there they
found the hermit dangerously i'll. Accord
lngly the overseer Of the poor of Medford
visited the cabin for the purpose of remov-
ing the old man to the almshouse.
ssTake me to the almshouses'' he almost
shouted. "Never! have money to pay
for taking care of me here, and here are
the keys to that chest. Open it and you
will lind what say is true.n
When the chest was opened, sure enough
there was the money as he had said. The
gold was neatly packed away in little bags.
The notes were crisp and clean, though of
tho issue Of old State concerns long since be.
come national banks. Foster Obstlnately re-.
fused to have nurse, saying: tThe nurse
would cat so much Just before the end
came he raised himself on his elbow, mo-
toned convulsively toward the old chest
and fell back dead. Tho cabin and the
miser's effects were taken IN charge by the
authorities. tits thought that there may
be more money secreted about the old
structure. 49, NJ 81 81 ts5z.
An effort win be made to find his relatives
In Philadelphia, from which city it is said he
came to the pines. q s.$s
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I,n, sola ne frost that comes nippang and
uipping Ss 3l ND
And painting tas woodland over. sB
iil ths woods ars ablsze 50 the soft summer
That hangs DER the distant cover;
EAnd the thin, crispy air 70 the meadow 80 fair
n oltngss With tho strength OF q lover.
y, bold = the frost TINT comes tipping ana tip
HI goblet IL cons 8 81 i, t.ees, ~
c1ll the acorns fall down from the oaks lofty
teyery oaress 81 the preoze,
And the oodlnnd perfume and the grapes pur-
The world V d,weary scenestapp ease. .s8
%, bold y the frost that comes slipping and
The breath 81 tho summer away, s..#
And y kills IN Its strife that the spring time
gave life 3 4 .. .st;5s
d II the tender sunshine Of May; 81
And Y rights the wild bee in the hollow old
tree, JIBsss4
Is And ais every heart with dismay.
oh, bold Is the frost that comes dipping ana
dipping " 35 DISH i15 d. ssss
Its hands In ench river and rill, 81
Til II stops their bright smiles and frolicsome
And bids their blue wavelets lie still, III
Then II trails its lerco hands DER the innocent
lands gs 9:. g. E,4s s 81 z55s$
And withers the valley and hill. II .3 4.
Oh. bold is the frost that comes gripping ana
gripping Fri = a.,5 ts
With fingers SO bitter ana cold, .
Oh, help those, good Lord, when the frost Is
" abroad 5 555 $f 3. IS 25js 9F gs55 y 55.
Who have neither labor nor gold, g5s
For the rich N their stealth they garner their
5.# wealth sa5 / :%s. $45 ,s III {:
With grimness that can not be told H.
| 55---Eliga6eth Bdker BoAan. In. Ghicad0 Nems.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-26
Il. 70 Give the Cue.

give the cue'' is : common
.phrase. According to most dlction-
aries, cue (in it's theatrical sense) is
derived from the Latin .'cauda,''
though The French queue, = and the
same authorities say that It means the
last words 81 q speech which the actor
who has 70 reply, catches and regards
as Il notice, to. begin. This theory 10
perhaps. supported 81 The fact that, IN
French theatrical phrases. what We
I call the .'cne' IS styled the replique, 8
But Mr. Wedgewood maintains that
the above ety mology Is quite er'rol,e-
Gus. He says that .sc,1o j. derived
from % the first letter Of the Latin
s'quando, which used to be marked
on the Roman play er' 4 parts e. show
hen they were to enter and spepIk ~
IN The Yeav Eou,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-26

Sonnet hing ought to be done 10 dis
courage the writer's Of the real and only
I American novel.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-26
A RUSSIAN MONASTERY.
An Hour or Two with the Monks
of Alexander Niewsky.

Certainly in St, Petersburg, whose princi-
pal street is named for him, where stands
the white walled monastery and rises the
golden dome Of tho cathedral made holy bv
his tomb, he is almost worshiped, and
there is hardly q boy but can tell you the
story OF this prince, soldier. and saint. @
It was in the long twilight, perfumed
with the odor of summer, writes Rilla Nor
ton in the New York O6ssryer, that my Rus
slan friend and myself started for the Mon:
astery of Alexander Niewsky. It stands
At the head Of one of the busiest
streets in the world, but when one has en-
tered the high walls, going under the mas
slve archway, past tho old graveyard, so
crowded that its stones almost touch.
through second entrance whose heavy
iron gate stands open for the peo-
pie going to evening prayer, one
feels far from the world and it's
strife, as in the heart of some vii
derness surrounded by the everlasting
hills. The little park is triangular, two Of
the sides bounded by large avenues.
shaded BY trees, whose graceful branches
meeting overhead let only little of the
blue sky peep through. Here, in summer,
the monks walk with their books, or pass
70 and fro between the different buildings,
always sure of finding cool and shady re.
treat from the fierce sunlight Of Russian
summer. In front Of the plain white
structures which surround the park, and
which, with the cathedral and the four
chapels at the corners, form a perfect
square, are corridors, protected from the
severe : winter cold By glass windows, which
serve as promenade when the weather
does not make the park attractive.
= Hin r9N,p, II. y
with the soft, sweet air, and enchanted by
the harmonious tones OF color, the delicate
creamy Wnlte OF the building, whose guild
ca dome was mellowed by the foreground
o1 green-that green which comes with the
nrst warm breaths Of May. Summer is
even more to these people of the North than
70 US frozen as they are, through months
OF EXTREMIST cold, when the Queen of sea-
sons does come she receives most heart
felt reception from enthusiastic subjects.
The priesthood of Russia is divided into
two classes-the White and the Black
Clergy. The "White Clergy,'' or parish
priests, are obliged to marry, and have du-
ties corresponding to those of clergymen in
our own country; while the '.Black Monks,
hold the places of power in the church, are
celbates, and live in the inconsistencies.
There has been o very bitter feeling be-
tween the two, which is only lately becom-
ing less fierce. The dress of the Black
Clergy on the streets is o long, black, loose
cloak, with wide, flowing sleeves, and cap
almost exactly in the shape Of q Turkish
fez, but larger, and covering more Of the
head. They wear their hair and boards
long, in the old Muscovite way, and this
gives them Q patriarchal appearance so
that one il often startled NV the fr.s II, tha
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-26
INK II oMn 70 Others.

d Hoods sarsaparilla is prepared with the
greatest skill and care. by pharmacists Of
education and long experience. Hence 1t Ia
medicine worthy OF entire confldence. Il you
suffer from scrotula, salt rheum, or any dis
ease Of The blood, dyspepsia, bilionsness, sick
headache, or kidney and liver complaints,
catarrh or rheumatisIn, do not fail to try
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-26
KING GEOR GE OF TONGA.
Visit to One Of the Royalties Of
the Pacific isles.


Il Bome years ago we called at Tongatuba,
the principal island Of the Friendly, or Tom
go group, and learning that the King was
then In residence, determined 10 pay our
respects to the celebrated old man, Of whom
we had heard 50 many and such strange
stories during our rambles through his cap
ital, says writer in the London Gio6e. bis
house, we found was q very nice looking
two-storied wooden building, close to the
sea, and stood in good sized compound,
fenced in on all sides. Passing through
handsome pair Of cast-iron gates we arrived
at the mansion itself, the veranda Of which
appeared to be used as coach-house, for
there was prouIy and snugly stored away
the royal buggy; rather an anomalous sight
for palace and q strange position for an
equipage of State il was a Palace of the.
Sleeping Beauty, or, at any rate, OF sleep.
There were no signs Of life about the place,
and, failing to wake any one by repeated
knockings at the front door, we decided to-
circumnavigate the establishment, and did
SO, finding it still and ifeless everywhere
till we came to a row of cook houses and upon
curious sight There in the veranda OF one
Of them squatted an ancient and dusky
person, perfectly naked with the ex-
Sception of scanty cloth fastened about his
waist, and bending his head obediently be-
fore an old woman, who was literally plas-
tering it with lime. As soon as the curious
pair became conscious Of our presence the
process in operation Yves arrested, and, per-
ceiving this, we were about to address
them, to explain our presence and aska few
questions, when the gentleman of the lmey
head roared out something in truly terri
BILE voice, and at the same time a fine young
Tongan, very oily and three quarters nude,
CAME rushing out from the interior toward
us. With much politeness and evident agi
tation he conducted us away from the
veranda and back to the big house, where
/ in broken English, backed up by much ges
ticulation, he revealed to us the appalling
fact that we had trespassed upon the priva-
cyl of no less person than his Majesty the
King. This was. bad news indeed. For the
old gentleman, in the plasterer's hands,
had presented by no means dignifed ap-
pearance, and we knew that to approach
him without notice and in state of undress
was serious breach Of Tongan court Ell
quette. However, we consoled ourselves
with the reflection that our sin was one
very easy to commit s
Having humbly apOlogized for our innO-
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Hoods SarsaparilIa

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-29
FARM NOTES.

Corn suffers less from insects and is
surer as crop than any other gram crop
grown.
The earlier that blowing is done tho
greater the number Of cut worms that will
be destroyed.
The cabbage crop should prove profitable
to growers. as 500 heads can be grown on
an acre of ground.
Every farmer should possess good
chest OF tools and wellarranged work.
shop. He can easily save the cost Of both
within few years.
when you transplant it. 1t Is mistaken
notion that it is the proper way to cut off
the ends of all the limbs.
One thing seems to have been quite well
demonstrated, that large quantity of po-
tatoes. as well as potatoes of better quail
ity, can be raised with chemical fertilizers
than with manure.
y. Berckman. Augusta, Ga, who has
tested many varieties of strawberries.
numbers the following rich sorts that
thrive in moist soils: Sharpless, Wilson,
Downing, Kentucky and Monarch of the
West.
The wheat crop Of Nebraska this year is
reported in better condition than ever be-
fore at this time of year. During the freez-
ing weather this winter the wheat was well
protected by snow and was not winter
killed. as is often the case.
The ounce is slow grower For this
reason it is an advantage to buy trees we'll
grown, say four or five feet high, rather
than mere slips. Such trees would come in
bearing in three or four years. and prove
cheaper in the end than smaller trees at u
lower price.
Who would lave dreamed that a good
agricultural manure, superior to ground
bones or coprOlites, could be obtained from
iron! Yet agricultural chemists have found
the phosphate of lime that results from the
publication OF iron by the Bessemer process
excellent when applied, finely ground, to
the soil.
To dig up fruit tree By cutting circle
with a spade half q foot in diameter, cuts
of more than nine-tenths of the roots, and
to spade little circle ABOUT a young tree
not one-quarter as far as the roots extend
and call it cultivation is like Falstaff's men
claiming spurs and shirt collars for a COM
plete suit
Every tree in the orchard should be ex-
amined for insects, egg nests. etc, and after
the leaves shall have started the trees
should be sprayed with a solution of Lon
don purple. Borers work in nearly all kind
of trees and a dllligent search should be
made for their holes as soon as they shall.
set to work.
Rowland Davis shipped car Of broom
corn to Chicago in February. for which he
received 800 per ton. The purchasers there
pronounced it as good as any they had
bought Mr.. Davis shipped three more car.
loads of equally as good brush last week.
for which he expects to receive as much as
Shopper ton. Parties who engaged in raising
this staple crop last year made money QUE
of it.-L>oaardrills (hdn.) Monitor.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-29
COLORED FUNERALS.
Gorgeous Affairs That Are Paid For On th,
Iastallnent Plan.


iastallment Plan.
is colored funeral-a "Slackberryin..
party" as it has been lrrevcrently
called. These affairs are often on a
most gorgeous scale, and it is a mys-
terry where the money comes from to
pay for the elaborate ceremonies at
the church. the costly coffin and fu..e.
raj drapery. and the long procession of
carriages. This mystery is explained
by An insight into the organization of
the numerous burial societies which
flourish among the colored people.
These societies generally rejoice in
magniloquent title and rainbow re-
gala beside which Joseph's coat of
many colors would be Il dull. aesthetic
garment of neutral tints. have made
inquiries about one of these organiZa-
tons, which are brotherhoods or sister-
hoods. or both, as the case may be. and
l find some interesting features in its
makeup. The idea is to guarantee e
'.good funeral to its members. There
is en- initiation fee of 81 and annual
dues OF small amount. Then for
each death. the members are assessed
'.fifty cents all round" or sl.75 if they
wish to ride in hack to the grave.
This is quite a tax on the poor SER
want girls and seamstresSes who make
up the sistcrhood. but it is one that is
willingly borne for the most part, rs
each member expects TO die SOME time.
and when that event occurs she wishes
to be buried in style. If a colored
woman becomes ..ofiish" in this mat
ter. she becomes 4 target for the So
licitations and social pressure of her
circle of friends. She may urge that
she has no money to spare. and that,
for her part, she doesn't much care
what happens to her body after she is
dead. In such a case the woman is Ia
bored with much in the strain in which
ko-ko persuaded Nanki-Poo to UNDER
go martydom. He would have lots of
fun for the month. ard at the expira-
ton of that time he would be the cen
tral-pcrsonage in 4 great public cere-
which would wind up with
fireworks and other festivities. You
won't see them" ko-ko observes,
meditatively. "but they'll be there al
the same" SO the young colored per-
son is urged to join the Sisterhood on
the ground that she can have the fun
of going to all the funerals till her turn |
comes. and then be assured that she |
will be made the chief figure in gor-
seous ceremonial. These arguments |
are commonly effective. but if not. and
f the woman holds aloof. she rather |
oses caste among her fellow church
members and other asSociates.-Uask-
ngtons Cor. Indianapolis Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-29
Notes..

Butter shrinks as well as other articles.
and such is often the cause of errors in re-
ports Of sales when butter is shipped long
distances and remains unsold for several
weeks.
Don't attempt to make hot-bed unless
you can give it care. Leaving the sash
open through forgetfulness for only one
night may destroy all the advantages
gained.
II is always best to milk rapidly. so as to
get the milk out OF the stable as soon as
possible, in order to prevent the absorption
of gases by the milk, as the cooler it be-
comes the more readily the milk is affected
by .Odors.
Although buttermilk is usually fed to
pigs. yet it is excellent on the family table
as refreshing drink, and should be more
generally used.
A n6st excellent flower is the double
white balsam. Not the old-faShioned ones
that grew in your grandmOthers' gardens,
but those that are perfectly double: they
are as useful in bouquet-making as came,ias,
and, if wired, they can be worked In a.
readily as any flower.
A Western horticulturist advises prun-
ing rose bushes. He says that as the rose
blossoms only on the young shoots of the
current years growth (as with the grape)
the last years wood should be cut away
in the spring Each bud left will then
make blossom bearing branch.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-29

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neryine," FavOrite Prescription is un-
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refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency.
DR.. Rierce's FavOrite Prescription
Is a legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
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"FavOrite Prescription . is n posi-.
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